Stripping anodizing from brackets
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St. Jude Donor '05
Stripping anodizing from brackets
Bought a pulley/bracket kit and the brackets are black anodize
I was thinking abotu stripping the black off and polishing them.
Some say not to remove the anodize?
Why?
Whats the best way to do it without pitting it, they are pretty smooth, dont want to pit them before I polish, too much work!
Brackets are aluminum fwiw
Thinking abotu doing the pullies too being as Im doing the PS pump and alt anyway (not the belt part)
Thoughts?
http://paceperformance.com/index.asp...&ProdID=238498
I was thinking abotu stripping the black off and polishing them.
Some say not to remove the anodize?
Why?
Whats the best way to do it without pitting it, they are pretty smooth, dont want to pit them before I polish, too much work!
Brackets are aluminum fwiw
Thinking abotu doing the pullies too being as Im doing the PS pump and alt anyway (not the belt part)
Thoughts?
http://paceperformance.com/index.asp...&ProdID=238498
Burning Brakes
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Anodizing is a very hard, protective coating. Unless you REALLY hate the black, and want all the extra work of keeping them them clean when they are polished I say leave the anodizing.
If you really want to take it off, anodization is thin so you can probably use whatever you'd use to polish aluminum. ie: super-super fine grit polishing wheels.
If you really want to take it off, anodization is thin so you can probably use whatever you'd use to polish aluminum. ie: super-super fine grit polishing wheels.
Melting Slicks
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The anodize keeps it from corroding (which will pit the surface).
Scotchbrite will remove the anodize and of course leave tiny scratches that will then be polished out.
My thoughts? You need to machine polish, it ain't gonna happen by hand if that's what you're thinking. The new surface will have to be protected with something, and then maintained if it's a wax product. Clearcoat paint can chip. Clear powdercoat might work.
Scotchbrite will remove the anodize and of course leave tiny scratches that will then be polished out.
My thoughts? You need to machine polish, it ain't gonna happen by hand if that's what you're thinking. The new surface will have to be protected with something, and then maintained if it's a wax product. Clearcoat paint can chip. Clear powdercoat might work.
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St. Jude Donor '14
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Any Caustic liquid ,Draino/oven cleaner, Caustic Soda or Sodium Carbonate sometimes called Soda Ash(Pool Ph adjuster)
will strip off the anodized coating. Bewarned this stuff will eat
Alloy too (if you leave it on too long).
It will also eat YOU
-so take care when using them.At the paint company
(I used to work) We lost one of our air powered Rattleguns,
turns out it had fallen into a bucket of Caustic solution.
A week later it was found -No alloy parts remained just
shiny steel.
As I said this stuff IS Dangerous !!!
Where safety gear and use it with heaps of ventilation if not a
suitable mask.
Dont ask how I know :0
CHEERS
GAV
(Yes, It was ME that dropped the (VERY expensive) rattle gun
in the bucket !!!).
will strip off the anodized coating. Bewarned this stuff will eat
Alloy too (if you leave it on too long).
It will also eat YOU
-so take care when using them.At the paint company
(I used to work) We lost one of our air powered Rattleguns,
turns out it had fallen into a bucket of Caustic solution.
A week later it was found -No alloy parts remained just
shiny steel.
As I said this stuff IS Dangerous !!!
Where safety gear and use it with heaps of ventilation if not a
suitable mask.
Dont ask how I know :0
CHEERS
GAV
(Yes, It was ME that dropped the (VERY expensive) rattle gun
in the bucket !!!).
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St. Jude Donor '05
Thanks...will give it a shot.
On polishing Im doign Ok there, have done everythign on the motor including the heads, all the stainlesss fuel/brake lines, etc and bellhousing have the right stuff for it.
Never stripped anodize before, just wanted to do it the right way.
On polishing Im doign Ok there, have done everythign on the motor including the heads, all the stainlesss fuel/brake lines, etc and bellhousing have the right stuff for it.
Never stripped anodize before, just wanted to do it the right way.
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I've stripped anodizing before in a sand blast cabinet. It was plug wire looms, that I just shot with clear over the bare metal. 2 years later they still look as good as the day I did them.
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Anodize is only for alum. parts only .
just use your buffer, I used a buffing wheel and removed the red and blue from several fittings. they polished up nicely instead of the red/blue.
There is some anodizing called Hard anodizing usually it is black only.
I don't think you can get that removed without chemicals. good luck.
69VETT
just use your buffer, I used a buffing wheel and removed the red and blue from several fittings. they polished up nicely instead of the red/blue.
There is some anodizing called Hard anodizing usually it is black only.
I don't think you can get that removed without chemicals. good luck.
69VETT